Jrt Puppy Gorges Her Meals

[Riley'n'Mia]

My 11 week old female JRT puppy eats her meals so fast that she burbs really loud like a human after eating (very funny) and sometimes vomits and if I am not quick enough re eats it (grose sorry). She gets a chicken neck for lunch and she barely even chews it just inhales it. I have to put her in her crate after each meal for 30-60 minutes so she can not run around as all she wants to do after eating is play with our GSD and if I seperate them she will run around like a lunatic on her own.

I am hoping this is just a puppy thing and she'll grow out of it I don't want her to get sick in the stomach from eating so fast all the time and she stirs the male GSD up after he's just eaten as well and I don't want him to get a tummy ache either.

In case her diet is relevant to anyone who can help she gets fed:-

Breakfast - 1/3 cup of be-natuRal dry biscuits and a bone

Lunch - a chicken neck

Dinner - 1/2 cup of be-natuRal dry biscuits and 10-15 grams of mince (or some other meat dep on what the GSD is getting sometimes it's sardines or tuna for a change)

Any suggestions on how to make her eat slower ?

[Poodle wrangler]

Don't worry about her eating the vomit- let her do it. It's only because she's eaten too quickly.

Some people suggest putting large rocks in with the food, so the dog has to move these around to get to the food. You could get chipped teeth, but she'll still have puppy teeth, now, so probably not so bad?

Turkey necks are bigger if she's inhaling the chicken necks. Probably a full meal+ for a JRT pup.

I'd rather not give chicken necks if they're being inhaled. Smaller-sized brisket bone, instead?

[persephone]

I agree with Poodlewrangler...

try turkey necks..or get LARGE chicken wings to slow her down

Could you perhaps stuff her biscuits in a little kong, plug the hole with a pice of meat/larger biscuit..and let her work at it?

[raz]

What a little piglet. I'd also be more inclined to go the wing. As for the vomit - dont worry about it if she wants to go back for seconds.

[Riley'n'Mia]

I agree with Poodlewrangler...

try turkey necks..or get LARGE chicken wings to slow her down

Could you perhaps stuff her biscuits in a little kong, plug the hole with a pice of meat/larger biscuit..and let her work at it?

Thanks for the suggestions I will give that a go putting her biscuits in the kong makes sense that would slow the little piggy down ! Will also give her a turkey neck as one full meal she'll have to chew that I am sure.

[Flaves]

Mitchi was a piggy too.

I gave wings instead of necks until she chewed them or i held onto it.

I think she may need another neck or 2. SHe may still be a bit hungry at lunch time.

Or even a chicken frame - Mitch did well on them and she couldnt eat it quickly and would have a snooze cause she was tired after all that chewing. (I cut the frames in half so it was a better jrt size)

[BC]

One of my friends will sprinkle the food over an area of the backyard in the grass so her dog has to search for it and it definately slows down the eating process

[Chance Danes]

We slow ours down with a tenis ball in the bowl or similar..in a larger bowl than she normally has..therefore she tales longer to find the food..in theory.. :wink: .

[skip]

My little dog is a bit of a pig too! I wish she'd chew it rather than just suck it in.

Just wanted to make sure you were aware that your little dog could choke on necks. I still give them to mine, chopped up short and I watch her eat them. Ever since she got one stuck, went stiff and stopped breathing. Lucky she survived but someone else here on this forum lost there little dog much the same way. So her necks are cut up with scissors and she gets bigger bones for teeth cleaning etc.

Great to have a good eater though. Rather that than a fussy eater!

[arby]

are you smashing up the chicken necks???

Until they learn to eat slower and chew properly you really should smash/break/cut up the chicken necks...minimises chances of choking on food. Also make sure you're soaking the kibble. Sometimes it can go down the wrong way and they choke/vomit it all up again.

[Mango]

Gosh, I've always been wishing my 4 month old Parson Russell terrier would eat more, you have the opposite problem! However, mine is growing at a great rate of knots, so there really can't be a problem.

[Riley'n'Mia]

are you smashing up the chicken necks???

Until they learn to eat slower and chew properly you really should smash/break/cut up the chicken necks...minimises chances of choking on food. Also make sure you're soaking the kibble. Sometimes it can go down the wrong way and they choke/vomit it all up again.

I have stopped feeding her chicken necks for fear of her choking she gets wings now and takes ages to eat them but I still watch her to make sure she chews them properly which she does so far.

Thanks all for the advice !

[JAG]

I know puppies can be little piggies but could it be that your JRT is still hungry hence gorging the food. Is your puppy getting the correct nutritional balance for its age? Have you wormed your puppy regularly? I know the JRT's can be busy little people and burn up their food so maybe give puppy an additional meal at bedtime.

My 4 month old puppies are on 3 meals a day of chicken necks crushed, chicken/beef/ lamb mince what ever I defrost for the big kids with added vegetables, eukanuba biscuits available 24/7 together with puppy milk each meal and water available all the time. At bed time they get puppy milk and a pigs ear to munch on.

[Riley'n'Mia]

I know puppies can be little piggies but could it be that your JRT is still hungry hence gorging the food. Is your puppy getting the correct nutritional balance for its age? Have you wormed your puppy regularly? I know the JRT's can be busy little people and burn up their food so maybe give puppy an additional meal at bedtime.

My 4 month old puppies are on 3 meals a day of chicken necks crushed, chicken/beef/ lamb mince what ever I defrost for the big kids with added vegetables, eukanuba biscuits available 24/7 together with puppy milk each meal and water available all the time. At bed time they get puppy milk and a pigs ear to munch on.

Hey Jag

My puppy is up to date with her worming I have wormed her every fortnight since I got her and she had her heart worm injection at the vets last week as well.

I spoke to the vet about her feeding schedule and also discussed her weight gain as I weigh her myself every week and she seems to think everything is ok there. The meals you give your puppies sounds very similar to what I feed Mia she also gets the same as my GS puppy but a smaller portion plus 24/7 access to water and also a pigs ear or raw hide snack 3 nights a week after dinner.

This is what I posted as her daily feeding schedule at my first post:-

Breakfast - 1/3 cup of be-natuRal dry biscuits and a bone

Lunch - a chicken neck

Dinner - 1/2 cup of be-natuRal dry biscuits and 10-15 grams of mince (or some other meat dep on what the GSD is getting sometimes it's sardines or tuna for a change)

This is the new feeding schedule:-

In case her diet is relevant to anyone who can help she gets fed:-

Breakfast - 1/2 cup of be-natuRal dry biscuits and a bone (generally a meaty marrow bone)

Lunch - a chicken wing

Dinner - 1/2 cup of be-natuRal dry biscuits and 15 grams of mince (or some other meat dep on what the GSD is getting sometimes it's sardines or tuna for a change) I have also started them on veges and rice or pasta just a bit to add something different occasionally (they didn't like them at first but have started eating them now)

Three nights a week a pigs ear or raw hide chew after dinner.

I notice you said you have dry biscuits available for your puppies 24/7 I can't do that with Mia because my GSD will just eat all her biscuits as well as his own (they love each others company so I don't want to seperate them only do at meal times or when I am not home to supervise them) so I will perhaps need to just give her an extra meal somewhere to make her end up with 4 meals plus her snacks ?

[JAG]

Fair call I did read your diet and please don't think I was picking on you - not the case at all. Just making sure you had all bases covered. :rolleyes:

[Riley'n'Mia]

Fair call I did read your diet and please don't think I was picking on you - not the case at all. Just making sure you had all bases covered.

Not at all I love getting feed back from people on this forum hence me asking LOTS of questions I would be horrified if I found out in 3 or 6 months that I hadn't been feeding my pups enough so please don't think I was in any way offended

[mindura]

Hi

I am a JRT breeder and a pup the age of yours I would feed pretty much what you are feeding now. But I do tend to feed a couple of necks at lunch or two wings, they always seem hungier at lunch time, burning a lot of morning energy playing. Also another factor to consider as to why your puppy could be gutsy is how many litter mates she had and whether they were all feed together up until the time you got her . She would have learned early to eat quickly so as not to miss out on her dinner!

Don't know where you feed her now but jacks can be quite possessive and if she thinks that there is any change at all of your other dog being able to get her dinner she will gulp it down for fear he might be going to take it. It may help to feed her in a seperate room with the door shut and see if that helps her.

Jacks learn very quickly and once she realises that her food isn't going any where she should low down a bit. However in saying that you can have jacks that just like their tucker and will always eat fast and look at you as if they are starving! I have a couple here that just enjoy eating!

hope this helps a bit.

Mindura

[sidoney]

Check out "Eat Better" bowls - Dru mentioned them in response to a question I asked in the breeders forum (by PM as she could not post). They look like they could help your problem. For the non chicken neck component anyway.

[Riley'n'Mia]

Hi

I am a JRT breeder and a pup the age of yours I would feed pretty much what you are feeding now. But I do tend to feed a couple of necks at lunch or two wings, they always seem hungier at lunch time, burning a lot of morning energy playing. Also another factor to consider as to why your puppy could be gutsy is how many litter mates she had and whether they were all feed together up until the time you got her . She would have learned early to eat quickly so as not to miss out on her dinner!

Don't know where you feed her now but jacks can be quite possessive and if she thinks that there is any change at all of your other dog being able to get her dinner she will gulp it down for fear he might be going to take it. It may help to feed her in a seperate room with the door shut and see if that helps her.

Jacks learn very quickly and once she realises that her food isn't going any where she should low down a bit. However in saying that you can have jacks that just like their tucker and will always eat fast and look at you as if they are starving! I have a couple here that just enjoy eating!

hope this helps a bit.

Mindura

Hi Mindura

Thanks for the advice I thought perhaps she could be worried that our GSD would steal her food hence the eating so fast, we have always fed her in the laundry and him outside and she even goes outside once she finishes her dinner and eats the biscuits he spills around the outside of his bowl (he is happy for her to do this he's usually asleep by then) and when I give them their bones and chicken wings etcetera I lock her in the GSD crate so she can eat in peace without him being able to steal her food, since changing from necks to wings she has started to eat much better she takes a while to get through a wing and has over the past few weeks started eating her main meals a bit slower as well maybe it's just taken her this long to realise no one is going to take her meal once it's given to her.